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Centrelink

Feds greenlight Centrelink’s ISIS plans

April 14, 2015 | Beverley Head
The Federal Government has given the thumbs up for a seven year overhaul of Centrelink’s core computing platform, predicting the first benefits will emerge as soon as next year… read more...
Australain Taxation Office

Tax minimisation: Singapore booms as Australia fumes

April 9, 2015 | Beverley Head
The extent to which multinational technology companies shift revenues and profits in order to minimise their global tax bills was on full display yesterday… read more...
Fox Focus Features

Dallas downloaders face studio backlash

April 8, 2015 | Beverley Head
A landmark Federal Court Decision will force leading ISPs in Australia to hand over the names and addresses of 4,726 people who may have illegally copied a movie over the internet… read more...
Government CIO's

Gov CIOs feel pressure to perform

April 7, 2015 | Beverley Head
Asia Pacific government CIOs are facing more budgetary pressure than their international or private sector peers… read more...
Electrical revolution

Things we can still learn from the electrical revolution

April 7, 2015 | Gerry McGovern
Gerry McGovern invites you to reimagine your business in the digital age by taking a walk down memory lane… read more...
CommBank Albert tablet

Commbank hangs its hopes on Pi and Albert

April 1, 2015 | Beverley Head
The Commonwealth Bank is hitching its hopes for sales of tens of thousands of its tablet device to the 800 software developers it says have registered to use its Pi software platform… read more...
Apple car and watch

Apple Matters: A byte at Apple’s future

April 1, 2015 | Mark Webster
Apple has pioneered oh, lots of things. What does the latest crop mean for the future? Mark Webster ponders this question 39 years after Apple was founded… read more...

Legislative tsunami washes through Australian IT

March 31, 2015 | Beverley Head
A flurry of legislative changes is altering many of the rules affecting Australia’s information technology suppliers and users… read more...
IoT think tank

Australia sets up IoT think tank

March 30, 2015 | Beverley Head
Australia’s telecommunications industry body has announced plans to review rules and laws that might impede internet-of-things (IoT) deployments… read more...
3D printing process

The road ahead for 3D printers

March 30, 2015 | Alan Earls, Vinod Baya
The technology for 3D printing has existed in some form since the 1980s. Now it is poised to move beyond prototyping into end-product and high-volume commercial manufacturing. Vinod Baya, director of PwC’s Centre for Technology and Innovation, and Alan Earls look at the coming changes and challenges for 3D printing… read more...

Time to call in the pros

March 30, 2015 | Paul Matthews
The Institute of IT Professionals NZ (IITP) CEO Paul Matthews explains what the Chartered IT Professional accreditation is and why we need it… read more...
Building a successful model

Codifying change and success

March 27, 2015 | Owen McCall
Owen McCall explains how a personal situation led to building a model for successful change… read more...
Oracle cloud salesperson

Oracle seeks 1000 cloud salespeople across APAC

March 25, 2015 | Beverley Head
Oracle’s cloud epiphany came late, now it’s playing catchup, looking to hire 1000 new salespeople across Asia Pacific to spruik cloud solutions, just as quickly as it can… read more...
IoT around the world

Cisco ponies up $15M for local IoT centre

March 24, 2015 | Beverley Head
Cisco has pledged US$15 million to be spent over five years setting up an internet-of-everything innovation centre in Australia… read more...
VentureCrowd Rocket off

Kiwis and Aussies square off over start-ups

March 23, 2015 | Beverley Head
Equity crowdfunding is again in the spotlight in Australia with two organisations joining forces – but it’s still a stop gap solution until legislation catches up with the more progressive NZ laws… read more...
Bribery

CBA and CSC tangled in deception web

March 19, 2015 | Beverley Head
A former Commonwealth Bank senior technology executive was hauled in front of a NSW magistrate yesterday to answer allegations of bribery… read more...
Industrial IT

Industrial strength IT – why automation is inevitable

March 19, 2015 | Donovan Jackson
When machines can automate tasks and business processes the result is greater efficiency, more consistent outcomes and lower costs of production. Donovan Jackson looks at how companies are integrating machines and IT systems for competitive advantage… read more...
Modern business man

Australian boards must pull up their techno socks

March 19, 2015 | Beverley Head
The boards of Australia’s leading organisations are ill prepared for the second tsunami of technological change according to Stephen Burdon, a leading management professor… read more...
Apple secrets

Apple Matters: Secrets and, er, secrets

March 19, 2015 | Mark Webster
Apple has a well-founded reputation for secrecy. Some things seem well leaked, other things utterly surprising. Mark Webster looks at confidentiality at Apple Inc… read more...

Subscription appetite fuels Zuora funding

March 16, 2015 | Beverley Head
A global shift toward subscription style business models has helped deliver a US$115 million funding kicker to Zuora… read more...

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